Manager Development – Full Stack (CH) in Chennai, India

Manager Development – Full Stack (CH)

Description

At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.

What you’ll do

We need super smart engineering manager to help with building top notch website and mobile applications supporting millions of learners across the world and deliver best educational courseware and assessments. Our engineers combine creativity, curiosity, and drive to continuously perfect and revolutionizeteaching and learning services. We are looking to bring more intellectually curious engineers who are passionate about technology

What you will be working on

You will be responsible for architecting and implementing high performing websites and mobile applications. Our websites are built on ReactJS with latest frameworks, and our IOS / Android applications are fully native stack. We also web components that can be seamlessly integrated into native mobile applications. We are super serious about application performance, complex and engaging UI.

Primary Responsibilities

• Define and implement architecture of complex website and mobile application
• Strive for high quality and rapid output through the use of agile software development best practices
• Performance tuning, testing, refactoring, usability, and automation
• Participate in regular code reviews and architecture reviews
• Keep on top of task and defect management system for assigned issues for each iteration as well as estimate and assess work priority.
• Plan by understanding the details (effort, risk, priority) of remaining work committed for a release
• Plan and execute an incremental and iterative software development process
• Perform peer code reviews as part of everyday workflow
• Contribute ideas to continually improve the team’s productivity, job enjoyment, and code quality

Qualifications

About you

We are looking for a strong web development leadto join our growing teams and projects. This person will be involved in some serious hands-on development, team management and mentoring, peer code reviews, defining architectural strategy across all front end applications. This role requires someone with at least seven years of professional experience on building modern website and extensive experience on native mobile applications. Experience with ReactJS / NodeJS and native IOS/Android development is absolutely essential to your success and experience in native Angular/HTML5/ReactNative and embedding web components in native application to create seamless hybrid applications would be a big plus. You must have worked in large and small teams and have proven record of building and leading a strong development team.

Qualifications

• 7 years of heavy hands on experience developing website and mobile applications
• Strong understanding on modern web design principles, patterns and best practices
• Expert level knowledge of Obj-C, Java
• Expert level knowledge of Javascript, HTML, CSS
• Expert level knowledge of modern React, Angular, Bootstrap
• Strong working knowledge of NodeJS, Swift, Kotlin
• Strong analytical skills and ability to review code.
• Proven experience in both small and medium size teams
• Proven ability to architect web application and adopt and improve existing architecture.
• Experience with Git, Scrum, Kanban

Primary Location: IN-TN-Chennai

Work Locations: IN-Chennai-Sholinganallur Village Plot No. 01, SBD-2, 7F, Sholinganallur Village Tambaram Taluk, Kancheepuram District Chennai

Job: Technology

Organization: Technology & Operations

Employee Status: Regular Employee

Job Type: Standard

Shift: Day Job

Job Posting: Nov 19, 2018

Job Unposting: Ongoing

Schedule: Full-time Regular

Req ID: 1812235

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.